Nicole Krasinski

Nicole Krasinski is the Pastry Chef and Owner of the acclaimed State Bird Provisions, The Progress, and The Anchovy Bar in San Francisco, California. She began her culinary career as an art student baking bread at Red Hen Bread in Chicago. Three weeks into her time there, she quickly became an art school dropout turned baker’s apprentice and soon-to-be pastry chef.

She then joined her husband, Chef Stuart Brioza, in Michigan, at Tapawingo as their pastry chef. After a few years of refining her pastry skills, Stuart and Nicole were hired to run Rubicon in San Francisco. When State Bird opened, she took inspiration whenever and from wherever it came, to evolve constantly. And this spontaneity gave the pastry program a vitality it might not have had otherwise. That style continues to resonate and grow with her pastry teams, all while discovering individuality and singularity in each restaurant.